Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

evolved · May 30, 2014

Rodger that.

Pseudojuloides xanthomos

feh · May 30, 2014

Keep your eyes off my wrasse. :tongue:

eatbreakfast · May 30, 2014

evolved said:
Hint: Alex, you're wrong.

The yellow below the eye is important.

It is, but now for my hint, but not as important as where the yellow and blue stripes that run horizontally begin and end.

evolved said:
Rodger that.

Pseudojuloides xanthomos

With my hint try again, regionally kind of close but not the same locale.

Aquaph8 · May 30, 2014

P. severnsi?

eatbreakfast · May 30, 2014

Aquaph8 said:
P. severnsi?

Sorry, not severnsi.

Marshall O · May 30, 2014

P. argyreogaster

Aquaph8 · May 30, 2014

I'm not too knowledgable on pencil wrasses, how do they mix with F and F's?

eatbreakfast · May 30, 2014

Marshall O said:
P. argyreogaster

No, but georephically in the right place. I am hoping to find some P. argyreogaster in the hobby, they are a very common, easy to catch, shallow water fish in the wild.

Aquaph8 said:
I'm not too knowledgable on pencil wrasses, how do they mix with F and F's?

Pseudojuloides are some of the most docile fish you can keep. Absolutely no observable aggression between the same Genus or the same species, whether male or female. The issues with them are they are terrible shippers, but if they have been at an LFS for 2 weeks you should be golden. The other issue is when males are kept with Halichoeres wrasses they are so timid they transition back to female.

Marshall O · May 30, 2014

Ok, last try. P. kaleidos.

eatbreakfast · May 30, 2014

Marshall O said:
Ok, last try. P. kaleidos.

Not kaleidos, I will give it a couple more hours, there is still time to get it!

Daniel@R2R · May 30, 2014

eatbreakfast said:
Of course,

I do this when there hasnt been enough activity on this thread. I get bored and its annoying when the angel lovers thread and even the qt thread have more activity than this.

Hey! Don't be hatin' on my Angel thread! LOL

eatbreakfast · May 30, 2014

mdbannister said:
Hey! Don't be hatin' on my Angel thread! LOL

No hate, its just angels arent wrasses.Angels cant help it thy are just not as cool

Aquaph8 · May 30, 2014

Last guess,

P. edwardi?

Daniel@R2R · May 30, 2014

H. Malanurus

eatbreakfast · May 30, 2014

Aquaph8 said:
Last guess,

P. edwardi?

Another good guess, and it comes from the same collecting station, but not edwardi.

Daniel@R2R · May 30, 2014

P. McCoskeri

eatbreakfast · May 30, 2014

:lol::lol::lol:

mdbannister said:
H. Malanurus

mdbannister said:
P. McCoskeri

Not quite, but you know that already.

Greenstreet.1 · May 31, 2014

How can I tell if my Scott's is a male or female I'm thinking of getting a next one

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=152097&d=1401379113

Greenstreet.1 · May 31, 2014

P. Erythrops.

eatbreakfast · May 31, 2014

Greenstreet.1 said:
P. Erythrops.

No , not erythrops.It actually was at least partly a trick question, sorry about that, but it is Pseudojuloides sp 1. Not officially described, but recognized as a unique species within the cerasinus complex

Notice where the horizontal striping begins, well after the pectoral fins.

Now in the true cerasinus from Hawaii, the horizontal striping begins directly after the gill cover, the facial striping is only one stripe, and the colors are brighter.

The Indo cerasinus is nearly identical to the Hawaiian, except he has 2 stripes in the face.

In xanthomos the coloring is very similar to sp 1, but the horizontal striping ends soon after the pectorals, which is where sp 1 striping begins.

And kaleidos has darker coloring above the striping, with a purple stripe along the base of the dorsal, and the striping runs the length of the body like cerasinus.

The other guesses are in the severnsi complex, except for argyreogaster, which as of now is in its own complex.